Like a lot of people on this site I'm sure, I feel like I've tried everything. Besides a period not long ago where I followed the EFI diet very strictly, I practically begged to be tested for fructose and something else that I now can't recall, based on FODMAPs as well as using FODMAP diet (I even met with a dietitian), I've tried several medications including SSRI's acknowledging the brain-gut connection, tried hypnosis and so on. All this while being an active person and taking fiber daily. I've done probiotics, avoid multivitamins and just take calcium etc. etc. etc. But, to some degree, it's still always there. And I guess the point I'm trying to make is that while I welcome any relief or decrease in symptoms, it's just really frustrating and disheartening that the gain for doing all this seems minimal compared to the consequences of doing something "wrong."
I'm still seeing a doctor (a specialist to the specialist that I demanded to see) with a new appointment in early January. I actually wonder if I even have IBS as I do not have any pain or bloating which has been pointed out to me as being a must to earn an IBS diagnosis - just urgent bowel movements. Although I've had a stool test done for giardiasis, I'm going to bring it up with this doctor as I've read an article Giardiasis that has me questioning how in depth the testing at my local hospital was.
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